酒酿

酒釀
jiǔniàng
noun #77,392

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 sweet fermented rice
  2. 2 glutinous rice wine
  3. 3 jiuniang

Examples

HSK 4
Jiǔniàng de tiánwèi hěn zìrán.
The sweetness of jiuniang is very natural.
HSK 7-9
Māma yòng jiǔniàng zhǔ le yì wǎn tāngyuán.
Mom cooked a bowl of glutinous rice balls in sweet fermented rice.

Tips

culture
Made by fermenting steamed glutinous rice with 酒曲 (rice-wine starter). Mildly alcoholic and sweet - eaten warm with 汤圆 or stirred into 鸡蛋羹. Sometimes called 醪糟 (láozāo) in Sichuan and the northwest.

Stroke Order

jiǔ
niàng